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time, the ireland that i was growing up in was in ireland where girls and women knew their place, place in the home or the nunnery or if they were talented enough they could become writers or artists or musicians. and i was very aware that somehow boys seem to have much more options even though my parents very often repeated that i had the same opportunities that my brother's brothers had in they would support me in that. and after six years at the sacred heart boarding school in dublin, i realized that the options were not really very exciting and most of my contemporaries at the time were talking about what they would do for a year or two before they married. marriage was very much the goal and the objective and parents would help with that and that is what was expected. and i had benefited from various nuns in my background who were doing other things. a great aunt who had been very forceful as a reverend mother in britain and had talked about how she tried to influence education policy in england. i enjoyed talking with her as a teenager and even more so i think my father's older si
time, the ireland that i was growing up in was in ireland where girls and women knew their place, place in the home or the nunnery or if they were talented enough they could become writers or artists or musicians. and i was very aware that somehow boys seem to have much more options even though my parents very often repeated that i had the same opportunities that my brother's brothers had in they would support me in that. and after six years at the sacred heart boarding school in dublin, i...
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it was turned into a new history and the new history of northern ireland. with it, a new history on these islands as a whole. agreements are being reaped today with the engagement that started and continues to flow. the full effect of that moment in history on the path of irish nationalism, recognizing that today, we recognize at the time of the passing. i join others across this house. in extending my sympathies to the children and family and friends of margaret thatcher. not just in britain but across the world. margaret thatcher enjoyed many political challenges. she did not shirk from life. in the democratic nonviolent tradition, i will not be dishonorable. but neither can i be dishonest. thank you, mr. speaker. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. speaker. monday was the day that we had all been dreading in recent months in recent years. much has been written about the state of her health in recent years. you'll remember only 18 months ago posting her when she came to support me and in what turned out to be one of her last visit to this palace. may i say, m
it was turned into a new history and the new history of northern ireland. with it, a new history on these islands as a whole. agreements are being reaped today with the engagement that started and continues to flow. the full effect of that moment in history on the path of irish nationalism, recognizing that today, we recognize at the time of the passing. i join others across this house. in extending my sympathies to the children and family and friends of margaret thatcher. not just in britain...
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this is about a half hour the president of ireland. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, i would invite you to please take your seats. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to welcome the president of the republic of ireland, mr. higgins, welcome to the european parliament. [applause] >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: esteemed colleagues, mr. higgins will be addressing as today, but before i get him on the floor, it is a particular pleasure for me to welcome on the public tribune. a warm welcome to them. [applause] >> i am equally delighted that next to them, on the public gallery seat we have mr. higgins' spouse. a welcome to you, too come in the european parliament. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, i would like to give the floor to the president of the republic of ireland, mr. higgins. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: president, members of the european parliament, commissioner. i am
this is about a half hour the president of ireland. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, i would invite you to please take your seats. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to welcome the president of the republic of ireland, mr. higgins, welcome to the european parliament. [applause] >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: esteemed colleagues, mr. higgins will be...
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the only country is ireland at 2.1. france is close, britain is not too far away. why is that? well, it obviously has to do with things like mortality rates, people are living longer. it has to do when babies are born and those people are choosing not to have more children. obviously contraception is something and we have all contributed to what is going on. the welfare state is that once upon a time, and i don't want to sound like a materialist here. once this comes in, it takes away intergenerational bonds they get replaced by the states that people would often have an economic motive for having more children, because it means that there could be some children around would be able to take care of them in their old age. it is called the old-age motor. he breaks those links. what they do is create a huge thing. the reasoning would be well, i don't want to have children because i will be taken care of by the welfare state. so this creates incentives. that is a very materialistic explanation and the issue is much more complicated. but it's a real factor. does it have an effect? y
the only country is ireland at 2.1. france is close, britain is not too far away. why is that? well, it obviously has to do with things like mortality rates, people are living longer. it has to do when babies are born and those people are choosing not to have more children. obviously contraception is something and we have all contributed to what is going on. the welfare state is that once upon a time, and i don't want to sound like a materialist here. once this comes in, it takes away...
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a policy that is at the core of our political and military policy, which is what type of assistant ireland to provide to our partners and where do we draw the line in terms of the assistants were going to provide? how do you take into account non-proliferation, human rights, developing a part or? how do you balance all this? we started that process under my 10 -- tenure. >> let's turn the audience for questions and answers. if you wait for the microphone and speak clearly into the microphone comes to your name and affiliation and finish your question with a question mark as opposed to exposition. i appear in. >> thank you very much, andrew. you'll be congratulated -- >> your affiliation? >> global insights. sorry. >> early in the administration was a great deal of talk and policies towards bringing state and dod together as a more united in terms of approaches. it was a major initiative on the part of secretary clinton and i'm sure you were at the center of that, the quadrennial review and so on. in the last two years, let's put it that way, and it's come out that dod has been increasingly
a policy that is at the core of our political and military policy, which is what type of assistant ireland to provide to our partners and where do we draw the line in terms of the assistants were going to provide? how do you take into account non-proliferation, human rights, developing a part or? how do you balance all this? we started that process under my 10 -- tenure. >> let's turn the audience for questions and answers. if you wait for the microphone and speak clearly into the...